Kettle Art Gallery Portfolio Review

In case you weren't able to attend. A BIG THANK YOU for those who did. My accepted piece is behind me, lower left.

Portfolio Review: Opening Night from Cindy Chaffin on Vimeo.

Life Goals

About five years back I joined a website to help me keep track of my daily calories. I was filling out my profile when I came upon this:

Life Goals: __________________________

I sat for a second, then wrote the first things that came to mind.
Get married, buy a house, raise good, Christian kids, and have my paintings shown in a gallery.

Let's see how I'm doing so far.

Get married... nope.
Buy a house... nope.
Raise good, Christian kids... nope.
Have my paintings shown in a gallery... check.

Presenting my Dallas juried art show debut. Portfolio Review.






















JURORS STATEMENT
The jury was impressed with the sheer volume of artists who submitted work - 84 in total! Of 410 pieces reviewed, only 56 were accepted into the show. Many great works were passed by to accommodate both diversity and quality. Please know all works were reviewed thoroughly and we did the best we could with flat, computer generated versions of your work. The jury discussed each artists work and then we split up the 84 artists amongst ourselves to make individual comments. We have chosen to remain anonymous in our commentary and instead reflect back to you, the artists, the overall message of our opinions. Please keep in mind the jury is diverse and the show ultimately chosen is reflective of the jury and not necessarily Kettle. We didn't always agree amongst ourselves about the work, but did try to communicate the jury's opinion's as a whole in your individual comments. Great work everyone! This show runs through November 28, 2009.

P.S. Those other three life goals can just wait.

Art in the Atrium 4

Four of my pieces have been selected for the 2009 Art in the Atrium Exhibition at Frisco City Hall.






This is my first juried show and I am really excited about it. They will hang in this beautiful limestone building for nine months! The dates are November 9, 2009 - August 27, 2010. And they're for sale, although I'm not sure how I feel about someone buying my mom, dad, or aunt...

Dear Middle School Parents

Dear Middle School Parents,
You may not know this, but I used to be a sub. So when your kid acts up for my sub, your kid is getting detention. There's really not much more to it. How do I know it was your kid and not someone else's? Well, THE SUB TOLD ME.
Let me give you a little insight into the world of a substitute teacher. Subs don't have time to breathe. So the fact that my sub took the time to learn your child's name AND leave me a note about his behavior while still completing a PowerPoint over the Renaissance and Two-Point Perspective tells me your kid acted up. Plus, I could have assigned detention before I even hired the sub and I still would have been spot on with her "bad" list.
She didn't name the wrong kid. I'll see yours after school on Tuesday.
Love,
Ms. Nelson

Why I teach:

so THIS is how I get cat hair in my purse

Coolest shirt ever?

Thanks to the nation of Japan and my student Eli for making our day.